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Agenda School Renewal Overview Renewal Benchmarks Questions & Answers Next Steps/Resources & Supports

Renewal Schools Benchmark Selection Refresher In June 2015, all Renewal Schools selected six or seven benchmarks on which to show progress in the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years: 2014-15 SY: Develop and put in place a School Renewal Plan for transformation by Spring 2015. 2015-16 SY: Meet concrete milestones defined in its School Renewal Plan and improve on targeted elements of the Framework for Great Schools, as identified in the needs assessment. Demonstrate measurable improvement in student attendance. 2016-17 SY: Demonstrate significant improvement in academic achievement.

Renewal Benchmark Update All Renewal Schools are now receiving an update, indicating SY 2015-16 performance on their selected Renewal Benchmarks.

Renewal Benchmark Update In order to ensure that all schools are accountable for increasing performance, some of the original Renewal progress benchmarks have been replaced with challenge benchmarks; these benchmarks are noted with an asterisk in the update document. If a school’s year one (2014-15) result exceeded the year two (2015-16) target, then the year two target was strengthened to a challenge target to be slightly higher than the year one result and the year three target was strengthened to be slightly higher than the year two target. If a school’s year two result exceeded the year three (2016- 17) target, then the year three target was replaced with a challenge target to be slightly higher than the year two result.

Renewal Benchmark Update Progress toward meeting original Renewal benchmark results is characterized in one of four ways: Met Target: 2015-16 result is at or above the 2015-16 benchmark, including the challenge benchmark, if applicable Met Original Target: 2015-16 result is below the 2015-16 challenge benchmark but at or above the original target benchmark Flat: 2015-16 result is lower than the original 2015-16 benchmark but at or above the 2013-14 baseline Decline: 2015-16 result is lower than the 2013-14 baseline

Example of a Renewal School Benchmark Update for Receivership Schools This sample elementary/middle Renewal School: Six original benchmarks chosen in June 2015

Resources and Support For general questions regarding requirements for Renewal Schools, please contact your Director of School Renewal. For questions related to Renewal benchmark methodology, please contact your Performance and Assessment Lead.